Month: September 2019

Project Management Institute (PMI) Acquired FLEX from Net Objectives

September 30, 2019 0

The Project Management Institute (PMI), the largest not-for-profit membership association for the project managers, has announced the acquisition of FLEX from Net Objectives. The FLEX approach helps organizations understand “what’s not working” at a system level and identify bottlenecks and eliminate them to improve workflows. In Agust, the PMI announced already the acquisition of Disciplined Agile (DA), the company created by Mark Lines and Scott Amble that is backing the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) framework.

Becoming Customer Focused: Learning to Listen

September 23, 2019 0

This customer focus listening workshop covers the basics of customer development: interview, building questions and adopting your customers’ language. You will learn: * How to get insight out of 90 seconds, stakeholder, customer or annoying boss * Basics of interview technique (open versus closed questions etc) * Cognitive Biases * Aspirational versus Experience driven Stories (stopping your customers lying to you)

Lean Kanban Central Europe, Hamburg, Germany, November 5-6 2019

September 13, 2019 0

Lean Kanban Central Europe is a conference focused on using Lean and Kaban in software development taking place in Germany. More than 30 international Lean and Kanban experts will share their experience reports, case studies and advanced ideas on managing knowledge work in an Agile way.

Agile Open Florida, Lakeland, USA, October 25 2019

September 13, 2019 0

Agile Open Florida is a one-day conference dedicated to all Agile software developers and of the Scrum project management in Florida. It is a not-for-profit event driven by Agile volunteers for all members of the Agile community of Florida.

How NOT to Implement Agile

September 9, 2019 0

Whether you are implementing Agile in a small company or a large company, one team or numerous teams, there are several best practices that boost not only the speed of the implementation and not only its quality but also the most important key factor, the ability to stick for a long time and basically to create the right new DNA. This presentation describes the common mistakes that are usually done when adopting Agile and Scrum and how to avoid them.

Toronto Agile Conference, Toronto, Canada, November 5 2019

September 5, 2019 0

Toronto Agile Conference is a conference focused on Agile software development and Scrum project management. This popular conference that takes place in Toronto Canada has sold out each year and provides participants with numerous benefits with seven concurrent interactive sessions and plenty of opportunities to network.

Most Common Mistakes of ScrumMasters

September 2, 2019 1

The ScrumMaster role is certainly the most original addition of Scrum to the concept of software development teams. How and how much the ScrumMaster should be involved with the teams is a topic for debates in the Agile community. Isn’t the Scrum team supposed to be self-organized in the first place? In this article, Zuzi Šochová, author of The Great ScrumMaster, shares her opinion on some of the common mistakes made by ScrumMasters.